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Recap-

"Me Lord! I told you, she disappeared!"

Sesshomaru picked Jaken up by the neck when he smelt a faint scent of sakura blossoms, lavender, and roses after a spring shower. Sesshy dropped Jaken on the ground and followed the scent that stopped at Rin's room.

Maeko rolled her eyes as Rin once again tried to braid flower into her hair.

"See Maeko, I told you that you'd look pretty!"

Sesshomaru opened the door and watched Rin and Maeko.

"Well what do you think?" Rin ushered Maeko over to a mirror and showed her her hair.

"It looks nice Rin."

"Rin, Maeko, I have to leave and Kyoshi is looking for you."

Maeko left the room and followed her brother's sent that thankfully led outside.

Later that night

Maeko ran out of the castle at an inhuman speed not realizing she was being followed.

'I have to make it back to the well. I'm dreaming, that's it! This is all a nightmare and when I wake up I'll be back in England with Ayame, Kiyoshi my friends, and my parents.'

Picking up speed Maeko smelled the hanyou and her cousin and friends. For some reason Kiyoshi smells near… 'Wait! Kiyoshi!' Running as fast as she could, Maeko ran to Kaede's hut and collided with a red wall standing next to a spiky wall.

'Wait a second walls here aren't red or spiky, and they definitely aren't outside…'

Maeko lifted her head to come face-to-face with Sesshoumaru and InuYasha.

"See idiot, I told ya I smelt peppermint and spearmint! Now get lost!"

Kagome stepped out of the hut to see what the trouble was and ran to her cousins, for Kiyoshi had just arrived.

"Guys where were you? Ayame's going crazy and you're supposed to leave for England tomorrow."

"Is she ok? Maybe I should go and check on her."

Kiyoshi looked at her with pleading eyes, "Just think about what I told you, because I'm not going back."

Sesshoumaru kept a stoic mask and InuYasha looked awed.

'What does he mean, 'not coming back'? He wouldn't do this…' Maeko cautiously backed away, a look of disbelief in her eyes. She turned facing southeast and ran.

A/N- FYI peppermint and spearmint are the smells of any pair of twins sweat. Maeko is spearmint, and Kiyoshi is peppermint.